Deputy Head of English


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Holyport, SL6 3LE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	6 Oct 2026
Closing date:	12 Oct 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be an exemplar teacher within the department and across the College:

• Plan, resource and deliver lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard to ensure real learning takes place and pupils make excellent progress

• Help develop an ambitious culture and ethos that is committed raising attainment

• Provide a nurturing classroom that helps pupils to develop as learners

• Help to positively promote good behaviour across the College

• Direct and supervise support staff assigned to lessons

• Collaborate with the Head of Department and the department to plan, implement and review the curriculum. This will include the creation and development of challenging and innovative schemes of work which are inspiring for learners and teachers alike

• Collaborate with the Head of Department on the use of technology to improve learning and outcomes in English and KS4 and KS5

• Assist the Head of Department with the mechanisms for quality assurance and co-lead on appraisal with some members of the department.

• Deputise for the Head of Department in her absence.

• Take responsibility for at least one of the three Key Stage groups within the department.

• Line manage the lead teacher responsible for ‘whole school reading’

• Share in the organisation of intervention strategies, revision support and enrichment activities such as trips and other events.

• Assist the Head of Department with writing and preparing assessments and systems to ensure consistency of feedback across the department.

• Use assessments and data to monitor progress and set targets and follow up where necessary including communication with parents and the department.

• Assist the Head of Department with induction of new staff and trainee teachers.

• Contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures

• Raise the profile of English across the school

What the school offers its staff

Holyport College is committed to staff wellbeing and to ensuring that all colleagues can maintain an

appropriate work/life balance. Our staff are listened to and valued. We are a school where teachers really can teach: students behave very well at Holyport College and they want to learn. Classes generally have no more than 24 students in them.

The College has two additional weeks holiday per year compared to the average state school: our October half term is two weeks long and our Christmas holiday is three weeks and there are opportunities for

international travel: no member of staff will be asked to do this if they don’t want to however we have regular trips to Iceland, the Alps, Spain, France, Italy and the USA.

There are many opportunities for CPD including through our partnership with Eton College and the Boarding Schools’ Association.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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